Jackie McLean

Artist:  Jackie McLean
Birth Name:  John Lenwood McLean
Born:  Ma 17, 1931.  New York City, New York, USA
Died:  March 31, 2006 (Aged 74).  Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Educator, Community Activist
Instruments:  Alto Saxophone

Jackie McLean was an American Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader and Educator  He started on Alto when he was 15.  As a teenager he was friends with such neighbors as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins and he made his recording debut with Miles Davis in 1951.  He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the Down Beat Hall of Fame in the year of his death.

Title:  One Step Beyond (Blue Note Classic Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Saturday And Sunday (10:30)

 2.  Frankenstein (7:32)

Side Two:

 1.  Blue Rondo (4:52)

 2.  Ghost Town (14:39)

Personnel:

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone

Grahan Moncur III:  Trombone

Bobby Htcherson:  Vibraphone

Eddie Khan:  Double Bass

Tony Williams:  Drums

One Step Beyond is an album by Jackie McLean, originally released on January, 1964 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on November 21, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.